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NASA 's Perseverance Mars rover snapped a view of one of its rear wheels with a rock inside it on MayIt can get lonely on Mars . You’re a rover, traveling around the Jezero Crater. Your best friend, the Ingenuity helicopter, has reached the. Now, it’s just you. Except you’ve made a new friend. You’ve got a rock riding along in your wheel. The Perseverance Mars rover has a little companion tucked into one of its wheels, NASA shared this week.
NASA shared a photo of a Martian landscape with part of the rover visible, including one of the explorer’s wheels with a rock resting inside. The Perseverance team posts to social media in a way that sounds like the rover itself is tweeting from Mars. “Hi, little fella. Looks like I've picked up another rock friend that my operations team has named Dwayne,” the team said on X on May 29.with one of its hazard-avoidance cameras on May 27.
Perseverance’s six wheels are made from aluminum and are designed with cleats to give the rover good traction over the rocky, dusty and sandy Martian surface. It’s an updated design based on the wheels used on the older Curiosity rover. Curiosity has been on Mars since 2012. ItsDwayne may be in for a long stay, or it may bail from the rover after only a short ride. Until it hops off, it gives Mars fans something to look out for when browsing Perseverance’s images. We’re all on rock watch now.
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